A Short History of Archaeology

by Glyn Daniel

Book Overview

Archaeology is generally thought to have begun with the first excavations at Herculaneum and Pompeii in the mid-18th century. But A SHORT HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY begins long before that time period,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500021015
• ISBN13: 9780500021019
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Fun general history of the topic

Though slightly dated, this book is a fun general history of archaeology. It reminds me of the Ceram book Gods, Graves and Scholars which I read as a child and which gave me my first exposure to a life long interest. This book is more in depth than the Ceram book and covers a wider number of countries in which archaeological discoveries have been made.